A Gift from Gaga

Last night at her Monster Ball concert in St. Paul Minnesota, Lady Gaga debuted a new song of hers called "Living on the Radio." Personally, I think it's a great song. She has so much talent and I think sometimes people pay more attention to the show that she puts on and don't give her enough credit for her vocals. I think she is the Madonna of our time, but bigger. This is the second song that Gaga has recently revealed to her little monsters, the first being "You and I," which I love and wish I could find a good quality version of on itunes. She is releasing a new album early next year. But for now, check it out and decide for yourself what you think:

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I know. I've been slacking. I've been going through a lot of issues and I haven't had the motivation to post anything. But I'm working on it. So sorry to any of my readers (if i have any.) I promise that I will post a lot more often, but please be patient. And I will also work on making my posts better quality.
I want to share with you a piece of history and my newfound discovery that I learned the other day. Maybe it's apparent to everyone else except me, but I was taking a walk through my new neighborhood of Chinatown, TriBeCa, and the Financial District. I came across Duane and Reade streets, both with Duane Reade drug stores of the corner of the blocks, leading me to wonder about the origin of the New York City chain. I found out that, in fact, the first Duane Reade Pharmacy opened in 1960 between Duane and Reade streets on Broadway, right where I passed by.
Also, yesterday I needed to get a prescription filled and it was called in to a little pharmacy called "Aid Pharmacy" on Walker Street between Lafayette and Centre. Let me tell you, it is a sketchy place. Maybe it's just me, but I don't really trust little places like that. I like to go to Walgreens or Duane Reade, where it feels more legit. I felt like I was walking into a sex trafficking building. The label on my prescription is in Chinese, and I was so scared to take it. It was just supposed to be antibiotics but I was so scared that it was going kill me or something.
And on yet another tangent, I found this post from the VOICE blog. It would be awesome if MTV made a show about hipsters. It would be pretty hilarious.You could definitely make a drinking game out of it.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/08/on_friday_crush.php

HIPSTER DINOSAURS?
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Hipsters, you are no longer cool. Dov Charney declares the "hipster" to be dead

“Do you want to be a hipster? Nobody wants to be a hipster.” -Dov Charney of American Apparel
HAHA.

Thought you all might like this story:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/08/today_in_contra.php

Here's another funny one:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/08/breaking_new_yo.php Tweet This

A girl can only dream...

Lady Peep Spikes 150 mm
6 inches $1,275. I am in love.


Pigalle Flat Spikes $995


Lady Lynch $845 (6 inch heel!)


You You 85 mm 3.5 inches $595; Every girl needs a nice basic pair of black pumps



Very Prive in black $795
platform pump
suede peep toe pump; Again with the basic black heel, but this pair is so gorgeous. .

LOVE!


Christian Louboutin
black suede Madame Claude d'orsay pumps
$795-BLUE FLY PRICE: $636! DEAL. WANT SO BADLY! I will have these one day

and finally...


the Lady Claude Leopard Calf hair $895 Tweet This

I really didn't want this blog to be an outlet for my feelings but lately it has. I'm really homesick. I don't think I've ever been this homesick since being away at school. I hate it and I don't know how to deal with it. Sometimes this city can be so lonely. Tweet This

"I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years, or just not exist, or just not be aware that you do exist, or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That's why I'm trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning."

-The Perks of Being A Wildflower

I'm not sure where this is from, but I really like it.
"Sometimes I wish I could just be a little kid again. So when life gets tough you can just play pretend. I wanna go back to when Santa did exist. When your daddy was the only boy you ever kissed.  When Disney World was the best place to be. When the only movies you could see were rated G. When your biggest problem was learning to write your name and people didn't change...and your friends were the same. And every time you were sad or you had a bad day, you could just run to mommy and it would all be okay. I wanna go back to no hurt...and no pain...just laughter. When everyone always lives happily ever after." Tweet This

Forbes recently released an updated version of their "Most Expensive Colleges" list. New York University ranks 10 on the list. Is it worth it? Comment please! Find out what your school is ranked:

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/best-colleges-10_Americas-Best Colleges_CostOutStateOnCamp.html Tweet This

How To Fail A Test With Dignity

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How To Fail A Test With Dignity

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"Attitude is like posing in pictures. We pose the way we want to be seen by others. But stolen shots are better because they capture the real us."
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You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
— Albert Einstein Tweet This

"I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing."
—  Neil Gaiman

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Nothing is permanent. Don't worry. You make your future. If you want something, go for it, and never look back. Tweet This

DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN INCEPTION YET

I walked out of Inception feeling indifferent. I knew that I enjoyed the 2 hours and 20 minutes that I spent with my eyes glued to the screen. I was entertained to the fullest, as a really good film should. But I was left with wonder. Something that I don't always like. I knew that there had to be some kind of twist at the end because of everyone else's reactions that I've heard of the film. Inception was so well conceptually designed. Retrospectively, it blew my mind. It was so creative, especially in the plot elements such as the simplest aspect of the film on dreams. I feel like I need to go back and watch it again and maybe even again to pull out details to determine if the end scene was a dream or not. I feel like it is a dream because his kids should have aged at that point but I got the impression from the way that they looked at him, that his inception crew seemed to know him as the real person, not from the point of view of a projection. My theory, is that he is in limbo. This movie reminds me a lot of fight club in that you don't really know what is real. It makes you question the "real world" that we live in. Many cultures believe that the afterlife is our real life. Maybe they are right, maybe we are all dreaming. As a person that is so intrigued by how the mind works, I wish I could actually experience the dream travel.
Dream Incubation is a real phenomenon in which you can " 'plant a seed' in the mind, in order for a specific dream topic to occur, either for recreation or to attempt to solve a problem." (wikipedia: dream incubation) I am fascinated and want to learn more. This movie has inspired me and should win an Academy Award. Tweet This

You can't let them know that they've hurt you. Refrain, no matter how bad you may way to let them know. Find another outlet. If you let them know, they've won. Tweet This